كم راكبٍ لم يترجّلْ ماشياً
وعقلُه دونَ عقولِ الماشَيه
How many a rider has never dismounted to walk,
yet his mind ranks below the wits of cattle on the hoof.
تُعجبُهُ غاشيةٌ يَحملُها
أمامَهُ في السُّوقِ بعضُ الحاشيَهْ
He delights in a canopy, borne
before him through the marketplace by some of his retinue.
لم يأتني حديثُها قَبلُ فهل
أتاكَ يا صاحِ حديثُ الغاشيَهْ
Its tale had never reached me before—so has
the tale of the canopy—the Overwhelming—reached you, my friend?
Sol 5.6